A new informative Planet Philadelphia coming up next Friday, 10/20/17, at 4-5:00 pm on wonderful GTown RadioListen to the new Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show streaming on-line 4-5:00 pm at gtownradio.com and learn about how we here at home are thinking about and dealing with our many environmental challenges and opportunities. On this Planet Philadelphia you’ll hear host Kay Wood speak with:

Sustainability Director, Christine Knapp, Philadelphia’s response to the repeal of the Clean Power Plan.

July 22, 2017 - This is a bit of a different approach I’m trying out for Planet Philadelphia. Instead of doing one big file with the podcast of the whole show, I thought I’d do the individual interviews that were slated to broadcast yesterday. This way of posting the sound files let’s people listen to each individual interview. It also is a way of apologizing for the strange tech problems that occurred during yesterday’s show. I'd hate for people to miss these inspiring and informative interviews.
Thank you for your interest in and support for Planet Philadelphia, the radio show about our environment on our wonderful local radio station, GTown Radio.
Stay cool folks,
Kay Wood
Planet Philadelphia Producer and Host

Senator Robert Casey, Jr. will give some insight into what’s happening with Climate Change and the political scene in DC and what we can do about it here at home in Philly. In his interview with Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood, he stressed not only the urgency of acting on climate change strongly, he also talked about it as a moral issue in line with Christian teaching. Senator Casey also talked about the growing effectiveness of acting locally that he’s witnessed in recent months.https://soundcloud.com/planetphiladelphia/2-intv-sen-bob-casey-pennenv-climate-change-8min

In her interview with Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood, Maya K. van Rossum, The Delaware Riverkeeper, asserts that FERC allows far too many pipelines to go ahead without real regulatory oversight while superseding landowners’ property rights. With their current practice they allow companies to use eminent domain to plow through fields, streams, and people’s rights to control their own property, and to enjoy clean water and a livable environment in their drive to ship more fracked gas over seas.https://soundcloud.com/planetphiladelphia/maya-van-rossum-delaware-riverkeeper-planet-philadelphia-on-gtown-radio-72117-4

Listen to Senator Robert Casey, Jr. giving us insight into what’s happening with Climate Change and the political scene in DC and what we can do about it here at home in Philly. New Planet Philadelphia, show host, Kay Wood, and reporter, Linda Rosenwein, bring you this and much more on your favorite local radio station, GTown Radio, 4-5:00pm this Friday, 7/21/17. (http://www.gtownradio.com)

May was another month in a record run of planet wide warming. June seems to be set to follow suit. Meanwhile the Energy Department is closing the office working on climate change abroad. But don’t despair – we have lots to buck you up today on this Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show. Tune in for a great listening experience!

Greg Holt from EQAT, Earth Quaker Action Team, a group that’s negotiating with PECO for some additional environmentally friendly actions, will comment.

Paula Paul at the POWER, the Philadelphia organization who cosponsored the recent the Power Local Green Jobs march with EQAT. Also, people who took part in the event like Bill McKibben, Eileen Flanagan, and George Lakey.

Liz Robinson, the Director of the Energy Coordinating Agency, an agency that has been helping promote a sustainable and a socially equitable energy future for all in the Philly region since 1984.

Hear environmental news — some real, some probably wildly inaccurate — asPlanet Philadelphiashow host, Kay Wood, and reporter, Linda Rosenwein, madly scrambled to put on a show after bizarre tech trouble. It’s an uneven show, but fun. Kind of a zany show full of tech trouble and mad recoveries with some environmental news mixed in too.

Award-winning sea level researcher on efforts to limit climate change and what President Trump's funding cuts mean for the future for such research.

Professor Benjamin Horton is currently at Rutgers University but is relocating to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He will talk about doing research on rising sea levels in the wake of climate change. He has been trying to understand and integrate the external and internal mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, and which will shape such changes in the future. Dr. Horton has won a number of awards for his research. He has deep concerns about the affects of government research funding cuts on the US maintaining it’s current lead in climate research.

Todd Rogers, of Energy Training Solutions and who is an environmental educator and energy auditor for buildings, will discuss a human-centered approach using group motivational strategies to lower the use of energy. This approach contrasts with approaches that give information only, deliver external rewards such as bonuses, or focus on lowering costs. In mid-May, Todd was working in Philadelphia schools using this approach.

Also, individuals involved in the Power Local Green Jobs march including Bill McKibben, Eileen Flanagan, George Lakey, and people at the POWER Philadelphia organization who cosponsored the march and the campaign will be commenting on the recent march.

Hear from an award-winning sea level researcher on efforts to limit climate change and what current government funding cuts might mean for the future for such research.

Professor Benjamin Horton is currently at Rutgers University but is relocating to Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He will talk about doing research on rising sea levels in the wake of climate change. He has been trying to understand and integrate the external and internal mechanisms that have determined sea-level changes in the past, and which will shape such changes in the future. Dr. Horton has won a number of awards for his research. He has deep concerns about the affects of government research funding cuts on the US maintaining it’s current lead in climate research.

Todd Rogers, of Energy Training Solutions and who is an environmental educator and energy auditor for buildings, will discuss a human-centered approach using group motivational strategies to lower the use of energy. This approach contrasts with approaches that give information only, deliver external rewards such as bonuses, or focus on lowering costs. In mid-May, Todd was working in Philadelphia schools using this approach.

Also, individuals involved in the Power Local Green Jobs march including Bill McKibben, Eileen Flanagan, George Lakey, and people at the POWER Philadelphia organization who cosponsored the march and the campaign will be commenting on the recent march.

Tune in to Planet Philadelphia at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00pm www.gtownradio.com to hear these illuminating interviews and more.

Earth Day is upon us. Things have changed dramatically for the better and the worse since the first Earth Day in 1970. It’s time to take stock and hear about environmental and climate challenges in today’s political and economic conditions – and what to do about them. Tune in to Planet Philadelphia streaming live on-line at our wonderful local radio station G-Town Radio 4:00 Friday April 21st to hear about all that and more with guests:

Richard Whiteford, Climate Change Adviser and Board Member of World Information Transfer NGO at the United Nations, will discuss climate action needs in light of present U.S. political circumstances. He has suggestions for bringing about change in policies.

Rabbi Julie Greenberg from Congregation Leyv Ha-Ir~Heart of the City, who has a spiritual approach, will talk about a faith-based movement, Power Local Green Jobs campaign, which addresses the intersection of climate issues, race, and extreme economic inequality. This movement is specifically focused on issues relevant to Philadelphia.

Lindsay Meiman, U.S. Communications Coordinator for 350.org and 350 Action, will tell us about the Peoples Climate Movement this April 29th in Washington D.C. and across the country

In addition, hear about local author, biologist, and photographer Doug Wechsler's beautiful, informative new book for children, The Hidden Life of a Toad.

Today: Planet Philadelphia streaming on-line on G-Town Radio, 4:00; What Now Environmental and Climate Justice?President Trump wants to get rid of programs to protect us from fossil fuel pollution. This will have a devastating impact on communities that already suffer an out-sized toxic burden.

In today’s Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood speaks with Jacqueline Patterson, the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Ms Patterson talks about the heavier burden placed on people of color by toxic facilities and other pollution based health risks right now from fossil fuel use.

Also on Planet Philadelphia today we get an update from the courts. Nate Bellinger, Staff Attorney and State Program Manager of Our Children's Trust lawsuit, discusses the government’s breach of trust with climate change. Lots more interesting environmental news, as well.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood’s interview with Jacqueline Patterson, the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Ms Patterson tells us about environmental justice and the heavier burden placed on people of color by toxic facilities and other pollution based health risks. Also on this Planet Philadelphia we get an update from the courts. Nate Bellinger, Staff Attorney and State Program Manager of Our Children's Trust law suit, discusses the government’s breach of trust with climate change. Lots more interesting environmental news, as well.

Switching to renewable energy can do many wonderful things for our lives. One of the most beneficial is saving ourselves from the truly alarming impacts of fossil fuels on infant mortality and the myriad health impacts through out our lives. Listen to Kay Wood’s interview with Barbara Gottlieb of Physicians for Social Responsibility on how fossil fuel pollution is causing huge numbers of people right now right here in Pennsylvania to suffer severe health consequences and what can be done to change to a brighter healthier future. Also on this Planet Philadelphia – Pennsylvanians react to Senator Casey’s and Senator Toomey’s votes on Scott Pruit as the new head of the EPA.

Please also tune back in to G-Town Radiohttp://www.gtownradio.com for the more in this continuing radio show exploring our world. Upcoming guests scheduled include; Linda Black Elk on DALP, Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, on environmental justice, and an update on children’s law suit over climate change that has gained surprising headway in the courts from Nate Bellinger, Staff Attorney, State Program Manager, Our Children's Trust, and more.

Switching to renewable energy can do many wonderful things for our lives. One of the most beneficial is saving ourselves from the truly alarming impacts of fossil fuels on infant mortality and the myriad health impacts through out our lives. Listen to Kay Wood’s interview with Barbara Gottlieb of Physicians for Social Responsibility on how fossil fuel pollution is causing huge numbers of people right now right here in Pennsylvania to suffer severe health consequences and what can be done to change to a brighter healthier future. Also on this Planet Philadelphia – Pennsylvanians react to Senator Casey’s and Senator Toomey’s votes on Scott Pruit as the new head of the EPA.

Guest’s on this Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on G-town Radio were Christina Simeone, the Director of Policy and External Affairs at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, to give us a run down of energy policy in the US, including a view on how the new political situation might affect this vital far reaching part of our economy and lives.

Also on this Planet Philadelphia, Maura McCarthy, the Executive Director of The Friends of the Wissahickon talked about their Sustainable Trail Initiative. The initiative is in the middle of a decade long effort of habitat restoration, improved water quality, user experience and safety, and storm water management.

Please also tune back in to G-Town Radiohttp://www.gtownradio.com for the more in this continuing radio show exploring our world. Upcoming guests scheduled include; Linda Black Elk on DALP, Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, on environmental justice, Barbara Gottlieb, Director, Environment & Health Physicians for Social Responsibility on fossil fuel’s and the current climate crisis’s multiple impacts on our health, and more. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime.

There are noteworthy guests on this week’s Planet Philadelphia. Tune in to G-town Radio at 4:00 this Friday the 17th to hear Christina Simeone, the Director of Policy and External Affairs at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, give us a run down of energy policy in the US, including a view on how the new political situation might affect this vital far reaching part of our economy and lives.

Also on this Planet Philadelphia, Maura McCarthy, the Executive Director of The Friends of the Wissahickon will tell us about their Sustainable Trail Initiative. The initiative is in the middle of a decade long effort of habitat restoration, improved water quality, user experience and safety, and storm water management.

Please also tune back in to G-Town Radiohttp://www.gtownradio.com for the more in this continuing radio show exploring our world. Upcoming guests scheduled include; Linda Black Elk on DALP, Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, on environmental justice, Barbara Gottlieb, Director, Environment & Health Physicians for Social Responsibility on fossil fuel’s and the current climate crisis’s multiple impacts on our health, and more. Planet Philadelphia’s listener comment line: (484) 278-1846. Record a comment or event announcement anytime.

Listen to the podcast here of the great Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show that streamed live on Gtown Radio 2/3/17:

Our environment shapes us all from the first moment of our existence to our last. Pennsylvania State Representative Donna Bullock will explain why she believes this simple truth has a harsher impact on people of color and those with lower incomes here in Philadelphia and across the globe. Listen to her powerful interview with Kay Wood, the host of Planet Philadelphia, on wonderful G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Also Rebekah Driscoll talks about why she composed her choral piece for four treble voices “Climate Honesty” after she had heard about U.S. Senator James Inhofe bringing in a snowball to the US Senate in an attempt to deny the existence of climate change.